the art world

do you like my
art, he says,
pointing
towards a tin
fish can
with a ripped
label, it's
ummm, interesting,
you tell him.
moving on to
the next piece
which is a dried
smelt
on a stick.
it's yellow
and you can see
beneath
the skin stick
like bones.
that took a year
he says,
i started first
with catfish,
then trout, then
finally found
my muse
with smelt.